Coronary embolism complicating aortic valve endocarditis: Treatment with successful coronary angioplasty

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-379

  Ural, Ertan ^a   Bildirici, Ulaş ^a   Kahraman, Göksel ^a   Komsuoǧlu, Baki ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Infective endocarditis; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY VESSELS; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 34250317046     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.180     Document Type: Article

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